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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Homeschool Hump Day Encouragement

Vision boards and One Word
are my passion! If you've read my blog long enough, you know this. Today, I
want to talk to you about vision boards and One Word for your children. If your
kids are about 7 or older, they are capable of choosing goals (maybe with a bit
of assistance to keep things realistic!) and to create a vision board. So now
you're thinking, "How do I get my kids to make goals when they won't even
clean their rooms?"

I want to help you guide your children toward their passions, callings, and visions
the Lord is beginning to reveal to them in their lives. If you read that sentence thinking, “My elementary/middle/high schooler doesn’t have a CLUE what his or her vision, passion, or calling
is! How can I guide my child toward
that?” Let me assure you, there are
steps you can take, one year at a time!

Whether you or your child
knows or sees it, he or she is being molded into the person God planned. Learning how to focus in on your student’s
purpose and calling requires a few steps, even if the student already has a
clear idea of his or her calling in life.
This is your opportunity to encourage them, build them up and challenge
them to put their faith in the Lord to reach those goals.

You might ask them open-ended and leading
questions to see if they are thinking about future careers and the call God has
put on their lives. Ask them:

Was there something you enjoyed doing when you were
younger that you still do now?

If money were not an issue (maybe you would get paid,
maybe you wouldn’t), would you do this activity, hobby, etc.?

When you grow up, which of the following jobs would you
most like to have? Why?

-The chief of a major company
like General Motors

-A Navy SEAL

-A United States Senator

-The president of a great
university like Harvard or Yale

-The personal assistant to a
very famous singer or movie star

What are your biggest dreams?

How can I help you get started toward that goal?

You don’t have to have all
the answers. You just need to listen,
believe in them, and help them see things from a different point of view
sometimes! They will look to you as an
example, a role model, for what they can accomplish in life. Just being there is often the best thing you
can do for a teen.

In the Scriptures we read
that:

“It’s in Christ that we find
out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ
and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living,
part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.
(Ephesians 1:11-12, The Message)

Helping your child find his
or her passion and get a clear vision is one of the most amazing things you can
do. Getting their eyes on the Lord and off into the world will catapult them to
accomplishing what God has predestined them to do for the Kingdom.

What your students can
imagine themselves doing in life, what they have in their hearts to do for the
Lord, they can become!